System of irrigation



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A. S. HAINES.

SYSTEM (JF-IRRIGATION. No. 31M?) W2 u Patented Maz". 13, 18,88.

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NiTnn STATES AUGUSTIN S. HAINES, OF NASHVILLE, IOIA.

SYSTEM OF IRRIGATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 379,392, dated March 13, 1888.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN S. Hanns, of Nashville, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved System of Irrigation, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a system of irrigation for lands, and more particularly for orchards or other tree-planted areas, and has for its object to provide a simple efficient pipe and water-supply System for thoroughly irrigating the lands at the roots of the trees with out waste of water and with economy of time and labor.

The invention will first be described, and then will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in both iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my improved system of irrigation to an orchard, and Fig. 2 is an eularged longitudinal detail sectional view of the valved couplings of theirrigating-pipes.

In carrying out my system of irrigation I employ a water-tank or reservoir, A, and delivery-pipes B C, communicating with the tank and connected to each other by couplings D, of peculiar construction, and in a manner presently explained.

The tank A has a suitable base,froin which extend lugs E, fitted with screws F, which may be adjusted in the lugs for leveling the tank upon any approved door or sillframe G, laid on the ground in an orchard, for instance, the trees H of which are to beirrigated in accoi-dance with my invention.

Oneend of therst deliverypipe B is fitted, by a screw-joint or otherwise, to a spout or outletpipe, c, ixed to the tank A, and the other end of the pipe is screwed into one end of a metal tube, I, which forms the main por tion of the coupling D and enlarges or dares toward its other end, whereto is tted by a slip-joint the end of the next delivery-pipe, C, of a series of such pipes, which may extend for any required distance over the land to be irrigated. The end Vof the pipe C is provided with a rubber packing, J, which tits into the tapering smooth bore of the coupling-tube I and makes a water-tightjoint therewith,which may readily be broken when disconnecting the pipes to lay them in a new place. The other end of the first pipe C will be screwed into the small end of the tube I of the second coupling` D, while the end of a second pipe C will be fitted by a rubber packing into the large end of the second coupling when a series of pipes C are to .be laid in alignment with the rst pipe B; but when the pipes C are to be laid at an angle either to Aone side or the other I will connect the pipes C C at the angle by slipping the bent end c of one pipe,which will be provided with a packing, J, into thelarger tapering end of the tube I of the adjacent coupling D, and the first pipe G on the angularlyranging line of pipes will be screwed into the smaller threaded end of the tube I of this coupling, and the successive pipes C will be connected to each other in any required number by couplings D, in a manner readily understood from the above description and the drawings.

The pipes B C will be of such length that their couplings D will lie next the trunks of' the trees H and directly above the roots of the trees:l and the tube I of each coupling is provided at its lower part with a slot, i, from which water flowing through the pipes may discharge either directly onto the ground or into a pipe, K, which is set or driven into the earth next the tree-trunk, and is provided with a series of, side slots or holes, k, from or through which the water dropping from the slot or passage t' of the coupling will pass directly to the roots of the tree. This pipe K, which is shown in the foreground of Fig. l of thedrawings, is preferably open at the bottom, and is also open at the top, thus allowing free exit or water, as far as necessary, beneath the ground surface, and giving free access to the interior rubber or elastic sleeve or collar, L, which is slipped onto the tapering tubeI of each coupling, and may be moved endwise ofthe tube to open the passage i more or less, as may be required, to give amplewater-supply and avoid waste of the Water.

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Thcangularly-ranging line ofpipes C (shown in full lines in Fig. l of the drawings) extends along one rou7 of trees H in the orchard, and when these trees have been suiciently irrigated another length of pipe or a second pipe C will be coupled to the first pipe C, and the angnlarly-ranging line ot pipes will be shifted to irrigate the neXt row of trees H, and, as will be understood from the dotted lines in the drawings, all the trees of au orchard may thus be irrigated by flow ot` Water from the tank A through the deliverypipes B G, and the Work may be accomplished with great econonly ot' time and labor as compared with a systein of ditching the ground which requires leveling of it to a considerable extent.

XVith the pipe system above described the irrigation will be complete and effective, as the Water will be discharged only Where wanted, or at the roots of the trees or plants, and .irrespective ofthe contour of the ground surface, and the pipes may be passed directly under trees whose branches lie close to the groundsurface to Water theni directly at the roots, and which could not be effectively done by ditches, which could not be cut close enough to the treetrunlts tor the purpose, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a system of irrigation, the combination, with pipes laid along the surface of the ground and connected to each other by couplings having Water-outlet passages, of a separate and independent pipe or pipes, one of each three driven or set into the ground, and adapted to receive Water from the outlets of the main distributing-pipes and to discharge it below the ground-surfaee, substantially as herein set forth.

2. ln a system of irrigation, the combination,\vith water-delivery pipes screw-threaded at one end and provided Witha packing. J, at thc other end, ot' acoupling, l, screw-threaded at one end to receive the threaded end of one pipe, and having a tapering bore at the other end to receive the end of another pipe. having a packing, J, and said coupling provided with an outletpassage, i, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

AUGUSTIN S. H A INES. 

